"Birth of the Blues"
Jam Logs, the Podcast of The 1937 Flood
English - November 10, 2023 11:01 - 5.23 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMusic the flood jugband charlie bowen west virginia folk music Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We have several new tunes to bring tomorrow night for our latest gig at Sal’s Speakeasy in Ashland, Ky., including this one that the great Ray Henderson wrote almost a hundred years ago. This song was first recorded by Paul Whiteman and his orchestra in the mid-1920s, but its real claim to fame came 15 years later when it was the title tune for a beloved Bing Crosby movie that was released on the eve of America’s entry into World War II. Here’s “Birth of the Blues.”